- Nyigina language
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Nyikina Spoken in Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia Ethnicity Nyigina Native speakers unknown (50 cited 1981) Language family Nyulnyulan- Eastern
- Nyikina
Writing system Latin Language codes ISO 639-3 nyh Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
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Classification
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
See also
References
- Capell, A. (1952/1953). "Notes on the Njigina and Warwa tribes, N.W. Australia". Mankind 4: 351–360, 450–496.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780.
- Muecke, Stephen (2004). "A Chance to Hear a Nyigina Song". In Ryan, J.. Imagining Australia: Literature and Culture in the New New World. Wallace-Crabbe, C. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Committee on Australian Studies. pp. 123–135. ISBN 978-0-674-01573-9. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/RYAIMA.html.
- Stokes, B. (1982). A description of Nyigina, a language of the West Kimberley, Western Australia. PhD dissertation. Australian National University.
External links
- Ethnologue report for language code:nyh
- film "Mad Bastards" (2010) depicting Nyikina language and culture
Categories:- Language articles with old speaker data
- Nyulnyulan languages
- Kimberley (Western Australia)
- Indigenous Australian language stubs
- Eastern
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